Transfer of Power & Partition of India

  • Sri Krishna Pathak

Abstract

Transfer of power and partition of British India is the thrust area of my research. My research examines why the establishment of a Muslim homeland in 1947 was unable to reconcile a communal claim of nationhood with the territorial expression of statehood. In 1940 the All India Muslim League first voiced its demand for Independent Muslim states in the North-West and North-East of India. Seven years Later Pakistan was created amidst a communal holocaust of unprecedented proportions. Through an analysis of the Muslim League’s relation with the British, the Congress and Muslim-majority provinces in the years Leading up to partition, I Identify the factors that Led to the creation of Pakistan, and provides new insights into the nature of British decolonization of South Asia. Lord Mountbatten arrived in Delhi on March 22, 1947. He was the thirty-fourth and last of the British Governor’s General of India. Even before he was sworn in, Lord Mountbatten wrote to Gandhiji and Jinnah inviting them to Delhi for discussion. Gandhiji that time was touring in Bihar on his mission to restore communal peace.
How to Cite
Sri Krishna Pathak. (1). Transfer of Power & Partition of India. Academic Social Research:(P),(E) ISSN: 2456-2645, Impact Factor: 6.209 Peer-Reviewed, International Refereed Journal, 8(4). Retrieved from https://www.asr.academicsocialresearch.co.in/index.php/ASR/article/view/763